Compute and Computation services

Overview of Virtual Machines

Virtual machines (VMs) simulate real computers by offering software-based computing environments. They are crucial to cloud computing because they let companies grow and deploy apps dynamically without being limited by physical hardware.

Azure and AWS Services

Linux and Windows virtual machine (VM) configurations are customizable with AWS (Amazon EC2). Users have the option to use pre-configured machine images to construct virtual machines (VMs) or modify them to alter variables like memory and size.

Like AWS, Azure (Azure Virtual Machines) offers a large range of instance types customized for various workloads. Because of its robust compliance capabilities for industries like government and healthcare as well as its extensive ecosystem integration, Azure is especially advantageous for businesses that use Microsoft products.

Important Variations

AWS is renowned for its extensive service portfolio and unmatched processing power. Making it ideal for industries requiring high performance. In contrast, Azure's seamless integration with Microsoft products makes it a strong choice for organizations already embedded in that ecosystem.

	Amazon Ec2	Azure VM
Description	A Virtual Server That Supports Both Linux and Windows operating systems	A Linux Based /Windows-Based Virtual server That Can Provision
Configurations	EC2 Configurations called instance types	Virtual machines configurations called VM series
Image	AMI or operating systems are stored in a root volume	VM images or operating systems are stored in an OS disk
OS Volumes	Root Volume type" General Purpose SSD (gp2),Provisioned IOPS SSD(io1 and Io2),and Magnetic standard	OS disk type : standard HHD,Standard SSD,and Premium SSD